go-echo-server-starter

README

Go Server Starter

Go web server starter using Echo v4. ⚡

This repository provides a starting point for your first High Performance Web Server in Go.

Of course, this boilerplate is totally debatable meaning you are free to customize it on demand or contribute with feedback or code.

Features

• Echo web framework v4
• Go Modules support
• Rebuild and re-run your application using Refresh tool
• Database support using Gorm (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc)
• Docker image support
• Go VS Code debugging
• Testing examples

Requirements

• Go 1.11+

Install

make

Development

Run application and watch for changes:

make watch

Test application:

make test

Add missing and remove unused modules:

make tidy

Test a release (snapshot):

make release-test

Database

Settings via following environment variables:

• DB_HOST
• DB_PORT
• DB_USERNAME
• DB_PASSWORD
• DB_NAME
• DB_CHARSET
• DB_PARSETIME
• DB_LOC

Development database

• Development SQL database script is located at db/dbtodos.sql.
• Development environment variables example at refresh.yml file.

Production

Release a versioned binary:

make release

Just build a single optimized binary:

make build

Contributions

Pull requests and issues are very appreciated.

License

MIT license

© 2019 Jose Quintana